| 单词 | electric pistol |
| 释义 | > as lemmaselectric pistol 3. More fully electric pistol, Volta's pistol. A closed, tubular, metallic vessel in which an explosive mixture of gases may be ignited by an electric spark, used by Volta to determine the ratio of gases required for complete combustion (i.e. that resulting in the largest explosion). Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > explosive device > [noun] > other explosive devices squib1590 Volta's pistol1779 water worm1809 satchel charge1943 thunderflash1943 Willie Peter1963 Willie Pete1972 suicide belt1974 1779 Philos. Trans. 1778 (Royal Soc.) 68 1025 A kind of pistol loaded with inflammable air in the manner described by Mr. Volta of Como. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 434/1 He [sc. Volta] also invented the instrument which has been called the electrical pistol. 1872 J. D. Everett Deschanel's Elem. Treat. Nat. Philos. III. xxxix. 556 This experiment is usually shown by means of Volta's pistol..which is a metallic vessel, containing the mixture, and closed by a cork. 1985 Educ. in Chem. 22 13/1 Using the new electric pistol, Volta could quantitatively determine the ratio that is necessary for optimum burning. 1998 Isis 89 306 Volta imagined even more spectacular demonstrations: using the electric pistol as a pyrotechnic device, or firing a pistol in Milan by discharging a Leyden jar in Como. < as lemmas |
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